The politics in 36092 Wetumpka, AL are indicative of the larger political climate of Alabama. Located in Elmore County, it is a largely conservative area, often voting for Republican candidates in local and state elections. Although the demographics have shifted slightly over the years, Wetumpka remains a predominantly white conservative city. Locally, Wetumpka is represented by several members of both State and Federal government, including Senator Richard C. Shelby, Representative Martha Roby, Senator Tom Whatley and Representative Dimitri Polizos. While these representatives do not directly represent Wetumpka residents on a daily basis, they do serve to provide constituents with an understanding of how their views fit into the larger political landscape of Alabama.
The political climate in Zip 36092 (Wetumpka, AL) is very conservative.
Elmore County, AL is very conservative. In Elmore County, AL 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 25.3%.
Elmore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 36092 (Wetumpka, AL) is very conservative.
Wetumpka, Alabama is very conservative.
Elmore County, Alabama is very conservative.
Montgomery Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Alabama is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Wetumpka, Alabama: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 36092 (Wetumpka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $6,399 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 453 contributions totaling $56,519 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)